Meryl Streep has more Oscar nominations than any other actor. Dan MacMedan/WireImage via Getty Images

Each year, the biggest names in Hollywood gather to see who will receive an Academy Award for their work in film. It's a ceremony that recognizes the people responsible for creating movies that viewers want to watch and talk about, from actors to screenwriters.

There are some actors who have received not one, but several awards (like Daniel Day-Lewis, who has three Oscars), and others who have been nominated multiple times for their work (like Meryl Streep, who has more nominations than any other actor).

In preparation for the 91st Academy Awards, which airs on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC, here's a look at the actors who have received the most Oscar nominations.

Amy Daire and Mallory Schlossberg contributed to a previous version of this story.

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Meryl Streep, 21 nominations (3 wins)

Most recently, Streep was nominated for an Oscar at the 2018 Academy Awards for her work in "The Post." She won her previous awards for "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), "Sophie's Choice" (1982), and "The Iron Lady" (2011).

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Katharine Hepburn, 12 (4 wins)

Katharine Hepburn starred as Jo in the 1933 version of "Little Women."
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Richard Burton, 7 nominations (no wins)

People used to feel bad for Leonardo DiCaprio, but it's Richard Burton who really deserved the sympathy.

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Glenn Close, 7 nominations (no wins)

Glenn Close received a 2019 Golden Globe for "The Wife."
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Glenn Close's parts in classic movies like "Fatal Attraction" and "Dangerous Liaisons" have earned her Oscar nominations. Most recently, she received a nomination for best actress for her role as Joan Castleman in "The Wife."

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BONUS: Walt Disney has received the most Academy Award nominations (59) and wins (26) of all time.

Four of his awards were honorary: one for creating Mickey Mouse, one for his innovation with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, one certificate of merit for his "outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia," as the presenter said, and one Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.